Thread: question of the HH test.

I was just thinking about the hanging hair test for the razor. If you have a shortage of hair like some of seasoned men and after you've tested your arm slick how would you test a razor your honing? now some of us have wives with hair brushes some don't. just a question on the lighter side.

I hear you! I am fortunate that my 16 y/o daughter has lots of long hair that is exactly like mine. There are other tests. If your bevel is set correctly (most important test imo) and your scratch patterns are clean in the progression, I would be confident to shave test it. If I didn't have a supply like I do, I would just test shave it. I haven't missed an hht is a long time. Its almost useless at this point as I know what its gonna be.

I think Geezer uses a real hair wig as a hair source. Seems like a great way to go about it, if you can find one on the cheap.

For us baldy's you soon realise arm hair is a finite source so you start using your arm hair for the HHT instead of deforesting your arms .

Any beauty salon has a ton of it. I found this out after the neighbors dog started looking a little mangy :<0)

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Agree that arms are infinite. Pick one hair test, repeat on another portion of blade. Each razor takes less than 10 hairs...how many do you hone?

Originally Posted by rhensley

I was just thinking about the hanging hair test for the razor. If you have a shortage of hair like some of seasoned men and after you've tested your arm slick how would you test a razor your honing? now some of us have wives with hair brushes some don't. just a question on the lighter side.

HHT is not going to tell you anything about how a razor shaves. I have plenty of hair and do not use it at all, so if I had no hair I'd do as I do now, I shave to find out how the honing turned out.

Originally Posted by mainaman

HHT is not going to tell you anything about how a razor shaves. I have plenty of hair and do not use it at all, so if I had no hair I'd as I do now, I shave to find out how the honing turned out.

I agree that the HHT does not surpass the shave test but it does tell a lot about sharpness once you know how to interpret the results. And in "most" cases if the razor is sharp it will shave well.

-john

I use the hht. But its certainly not necessary to get a good shave. It reveals nothing about smoothness though. If you can learn to use it and have a supply of hair( I use my daughters) then it wont hurt but the shave test is supreme. My shave test is a 5 pass shave.(I can get it all off with 3) If I am not irritated and Im clean as a whistle, it passed. It tests the edge as well as technique as a bad stroke with a well honed razor and a good stroke with a harsh razor will result in irritation or cuts.